Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: Economic Approaches to Politics 1
4. The Secret Existence of Expressive Behavior 25
5. Rational Choice Theory’s Mysterious Rivals 37
6. Rational Choice and the Role of Theory in Political Science 59
7. Unification, Universalism, and Rational Choice Theory 71
8. Rational Choice, Empirical Contributions, and the Scientific Enterprise 85
9. The Promise and Limitations of Rational Choice Theory 95
10. What Rational Choice Explains 107
11. The Poverty of Green and Shapiro 127
12. Rational Choice Theory as Social Physics 155
13. Engineering or Science: What Is the Study of Politics? 175
14. Rational Choice and Political Economy 189
15. Statistical Political Philosophy and Positive Political Theory 213
16. When Rationality Fails 223
17. Pathologies Revisited: Reflections on Our Critics 235
18. References 277
19. Index 301